THE EFFECTOF SOCIAL SKILL TRAINING (SST) THERAPYONTHE ABILITYOF SOCIAL INTERACTIONIN PATIENTS WITH SOCIAL ISOLATIONAT REJOSO PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER, NGANJUK REGENCY

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Social isolation patients have serious problems with their ability to interact with others. Social isolation is a mental nursing problem where the client is in a state of solitude experienced by the individual and perceived as a negative and life-threatening condition. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of Social Skill Training (SST) therapy on social interaction skills in patients with social isolation problems.

The research design was one group pre-post test design. The population in this study were all social isolation patients at Rejoso Public Health Center, Nganjuk Regency with a sample size of 30 people using simple random sampling. Data collection using a questionnaire. Processing data by editing, coding, scoring, tabulating, and analysis using the Wilcoxon statistical test with alpha 0.05.

The results showed that the social interaction ability in social isolation patients before being given Social Skill Treatment (SST) therapy was mostly sufficient at 60% and the social interaction ability in social isolation patients after being given Social Skill Treatment (SST) therapy was mostly sufficient at 66.7 %. The results of the Wilcoxon analysis test showed that the p-value = 0.002 was smaller than alpha 0.05 so that the alternative hypothesis was accepted.

The conclusion in this study is that there is an effect of Social Skill Training (SST) therapy on the ability of social interaction in patients with social isolation problems.

Keyword :Social Skill Treatment (SST), social interaction, social isolation